Sunday 30 September 2012

Transform cheap ‘2 Minute Noodles’ into a healthy mouth-watering dish fit for a Chinese emperor!




We all know it, can afford it, hate it, was forced to have it as a student and most of us lost our virginity’s to it. I know what you are thinking, “Omg! Justin Bieber’s illegally downloaded CD’s!” No! I am talking about something edible, barely tolerable and that hasn’t contributed to the fall down of modern society and started a trend of bad haircuts and gender confusion. *badum tish!

‘2 Minute Noodles’ dear foodies! There isn’t a person out here that hasn’t been forced to indulge in this rather ghastly quick snack at some point in their lives due to some sort of financial or social shortfall. Unless you are going for the starving artists trend or you are just a ‘2 Minute Noodle’ masochist I think it’s safe for me to say that ‘2 Minute Noodles’ isn’t very appealing and satisfying. Well at least to the rest of the world and its normal people that is.

I believe as a good cook one should be able to work with all kinds of ingredient whether they are expensive, inexpensive, bad or good, and have the skills to turn them into something spectacularly edible. After a couple of scotches' I found an amazing way to transform those tasteless and unhealthy ‘2 Minute Noodles’ into a mouth-watering AND healthy dish fit for a Chinese emperor.

Here is my very own ‘Chicken with oyster sauce and 2 Minute Noodles’ recipe. Your comments and feedback will be much appreciated!

Enjoy! :) 




 Ingredients:

3-4 decent sized chicken fillets
1 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tbs lemon juice
3 tbs peanut oil
2 cloves garlic
1 piece fresh ginger (thumb size)
1 tbs fish sauce
3 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs soy sauce
2 tbs brown sugar
4 packs of 2 Minute Noodles
McCain French Stir fry 

Method:

1) Thaw the 2 Minute Noodles in boiling salted water for 1 minute then drain. 

2) Dice the chicken, mix with salt, pepper, 1 tbs lemon juice, 3 tbs peanut oil, 1 tbs fish sauce, 1 tbs soy sauce, and marinade for 10 minutes. 

3) Peel and finely chop the garlic and ginger.

4) Heat 3 tbs of peanut oil in a very hot wok and stir fry the garlic and ginger for 30 seconds. Add the chicken and fry for another 2 minutes. Add the sugar. 

5) After 2 minutes of stir frying the chicken add the McCain French Stir Fry. Add as much as you would like. I used 5-6 cups of the McCain French Stir Fry Mix. Stir fry for another 3 minutes. 

6) Add the oyster sauce and thawed 2 Minute Noodles. Toss around for a minute or two and serve hot.


  

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